Example Sentences
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아름다움 보여 줘, 사라지기 전에1
Show me beauty before it fades away -
앨리스: “여기서 어느 쪽으로 가야 할지 말씀해 주시겠어요?”2
Alice: “Would you please tell me which way I should go from here?”- 주다 means ‘to give’.
- -여 주다 is a grammar pattern where 주다 (to give) is used as an auxiliary verb to indicate that the action is done for someone else’s benefit.
- (으)시 is an honorific marker used to show respect to the subject of the verb.
- -겠 is a suffix indicating an indirect polite proposal with some degree of future supposition.
- 어요 is a polite ending used in informal polite speech.
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푸른 바람이 말해 주는 것 같아3
It feels like the blue breeze is whispering -
다들 힘들게 사는데, 서로 도와주고 이해하면서 조금씩 변해가는 게 너무 좋았어.4
While everyone lives with difficulty, I really liked how they help each other, understand each other, and gradually change. -
그곳에서 한 농부가 맹인에게 포도 한 송이를 건네주었다.5
There, a farmer handed a bunch of grapes to the blind man. -
그때 나이 든 스님은 아무 말 없이 여자를 들어 강을 건너게 도와주고, 다른 쪽에 내려놓은 후 다시 길을 떠났다.6
At that moment, the old monk picked up the woman without a word, helped her cross the river, set her down on the other side, and resumed the journey.- 도와주다 means ‘to help’ or ‘to assist’. It is formed by combining 돕다 (to help) with the pattern -아 주다, where 주다 (to give) adds the nuance of doing the action for someone else.
- When combined with -게, it forms 건너게 도와주다, which translates to ‘help (someone) to cross’.
- -고 is a connective ending used to link two actions or states, meaning ‘and’, or to join the main verb to auxiliary verbs.
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잊으라 했지만 기억해주길7
I told you to forget, but hoped you’d remember.- 기억하다 means ‘to remember’.
- -여 주다 is a grammar pattern where 주다 (to give) is used as an auxiliary verb to indicate that the action is done for someone else’s benefit.
- -길 is a contraction of -기를, where -기 is a nominalizer and 를 is the object marker. It is often used to express a wish or hope, as it implies an unspoken verb like 바라다 (to wish or hope).
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진실을 보여 줘, 길을 잃기 전에1
Show me truth before I lose my way -
지수: 그치, 그 두 사람 다 상처가 많았는데, 그냥 옆에 있어 주는 것만으로도 힘이 되는 게 보여서 좋았어.4
Jisoo: Right, both of those people had many wounds, but it was good to see that just being by their side was enough to give them strength. -
오래오래 행복하게 살아줘7
Live long, long happy lives. -
태민: 응, 말 없이도 서로 힘이 되어 주는 게 진짜 감동이었지.4
Taemin: Yes, it was really touching that they could be a source of strength for each other even without words.
Footnotes
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Sentence from A New Beginning. ↩ ↩2
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Sentence from Alice And The Cheshire Cat Story. ↩
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Sentence from Blue Breeze Song. ↩
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Sentence from Exploring K Drama Favorites. ↩ ↩2 ↩3
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Sentence from Lazaro And The Blind Man. ↩
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Sentence from The Girl At The River Story. ↩
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Sentence from The Red Ribbon. ↩ ↩2